• prle@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    are the movies shit? do you take into account that every movie stands on the shoulder of all the films before it and so rehashes the same shit usually the same way? can you appreciate that the good filmmakers raise the bar on what is acceptable and that a lot of the slop coming out can’t pass it?

    I’ve given up on giving a chance to substandard crap. oh it picks up in the 2nd halp or third season or whatever - get fucked. how can pluribus grab me in the first five minutes? how can hell or high water do the same?

    • zeca@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      I believe its not so much about the quality of the movie. Shitty stuff often manages to catch our attentions. The kind of media we consume shapes the hooks that get our attention. If my habits are different from yours, what hooks my attention might not hook yours, and vice versa.

      • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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        14 hours ago

        nah, clearly it’s that anyone who doesn’t like what I like is stupid and anything i don’t like is wrong and bad.

        and anyone who says otherwise is dumb and wrong, because my ego is incredibly fragile and can’t process that other people have different opinions than me, and some of those people have superior and far more informed opinions than my own…

        god forbid I admit I have preferences and limits to my understanding! i might be forced to acknowledge that other people have different preferences and limits and they are just as legitimate as my own!